wow. read this -


Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and about 750,000 of its three million citizens are currently infected with HIV. The city's official death rate has increased by 35 percent in the last five years. It reached 19 per 1000 in 2002, largely due to an increase in AIDS-related deaths in young adults. "This year we will bury about 20,000 people. In 2010, unless someone develops a cure for AIDS, we expect that figure to be 70,000," says Alan Buff, who is responsible for cemeteries at City Parks.

well, the retreat was a success, i think. at least for me. the breakout was great fun, got to tell Justin what Christianity really is about. pray for him.
probably the best part was having Communion for the seniors on Sat nite. i think they really enjoyed that, and i hope they really felt appreciated, which was one of the goals.

wow. some cool pictures from the Jesus film Mel Gibson is involved with. not too pretty.
but could be great graphics to use for a talk or something.

wow this thing really works. for the time being, im still using an old account to host some of my all important files.

if you are reading this, and you know who i am, welcome. pray for the CpR retreat this weekend. i have 7 guys, so pray for significant time with them. and for my breakout session with very cool Gary Alker. its about choices and excellence. we'll see how it goes.

another try to get links to work.

so im now trying to figure out how to put info on the side of this page....
im sure it can't be that difficult....

hmm. okay this is number 2. im just experiementing right now, obviously.

hello. this is my first attempt at anything blog. its more just to maybe use to keep some stuff online. like docs, etc. i don't know.